Never has there been a better portrait.

The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich? They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.

The Times fails to understand that the European Commission and the Spanish Government have fluent English and monitor London like a hawk. We hold all the cards and we decide the rules 🇪🇺💪 London is skating on *very* thin ice. Beware ⛔️ 🤡

No certainly not The exceptionalists only look at Europe as a means to an end, nothing more Just like Brexiters the idea co of a community of nations is anathema to them The idea here is that we could try to bully the likes of Estonia or Slovenia into supporting our demands….it won’t happen

The City & the elites are apparently worried about me. The people who bankrupted this country are spooked. Won't someone think of the billionaires? Join.greenparty.org.uk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For the long term, Ireland cannot rely on defiant Irish fishermen defending the country's maritime border and transatlantic telephone cables (TAT) against invading Russian warships and submarines. The underwater cables, transatlantic cables, that are laid at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for

What a way to experience the North London Derby between Arsenal and Spurs 🤣 Come on you Gunners! 🔴⚪ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSef...

This is an unusual and thought-provoking analysis of the US economy (both the figures and the psychological response) that may well apply more widely. Definitely worth reading.

Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.

⬇️DAMNED RIGHT⬇️

“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.” Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget

.....and Green Party membership is rising yet again! If you want to lower bills and tax billionaires: Join.greenparty.org.uk #BBCLauraK

It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army. Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.

A CU doesn’t address things like quality and safety requirements. Those are usually handled in an FTA or an SPS agreement. Negotiations on an SPS agreement are about to start, but are likely to take time as such agreements are long and very detailed.

"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not. He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions. Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes." observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

A third country is the EU term for countries that are not EU MS or entitled to EU freedom of movement. (The last bit is to include EFTA countries.) So most countries are 'third countries' to the EU. The term has been used a lot more since Brexit, to describe the change in the UK's status.

Have a great weekend! #LOTR

Remembering Christopher John Reuel Tolkien on his birthday! the one who protected and expanded J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy like no one else.His work shaped the Middle-earth we know today, and we remain forever grateful. 🙏

Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.

There are theses to be written. Not comprehensive, but here are some thoughts on Ireland and Brexit. It pays to take a wide-angle lens for this type of thing. The story is nevertheless informative A 🧵

Well, Blair invented New Labour and Starmer invented Reform Labour. Both could have similar meanings grammatically but in practice they are very very different. Labour are so intent on gathering the Reform voter that they’re alienating their own and not getting any Reform voter. 🤯

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What's interesting is both Ms Smith and Mr Hesselden run public subscription organisations that are concerned with our 🇪🇺 union. I don't agree with either the exceptionalism of Andrew's insisting that Europe breaks up Schengen into individual state visa waivers just for him. 1

New research shines light on Spanish language misinformation www.npr.org/2024/06/25/n...

Half the country's been duped becase I doubt anyone who isn't a billionaire/millionaire would really vote to enrich the super rich whilst impoverishing themselves.

If it's weird to you that the other parties don't get something so obvious: Join.greenparty.org.uk

THIS is what it's all about! Inequality and perverse corruption within politics.

Farage at school by those who knew him best: www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

A Government of cowards. Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution. They can't get away with this. Join.greenparty.org.uk

THE TENTH LEVEL was a made-for-TV drama, 50 years ago, starring William Shatner in one of his most powerful performances ever. It was inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research experiments, which studied the willingness to “just follow orders.” youtu.be/wzV_Z6EXhpE

Cruel. Callous. Cowardly. The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are. We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box. Reject the hate. Reject them. This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk

www.surveymonkey.com/r/fsa-awards... LAST CALL! We're nominated for Best Fan Media, and we need your votes *before midday*, if you haven't already! 🙏

It's real, and it's mind-blowing. A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.

Sounds about right and nobody in this country is genuinely embarrassed at the scale they should be. They should all be thrown out of Spain. It’s enough that the manufactured threat of the Union flag has infested us in England, but in another country? You’re foreigners TOO!

These are the people the far-right prey on. There are many towns like this one in England and this is why we are where we are. But let me also add that the reason this virus has reached its most racist, bigotry based hell hole is because of successive governments. Now? youtu.be/3jI2xcGaxUk?...

Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.

Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool" "This is sociopathic behaviour" "He is toxic, misogynistic, racist" "I'm not a fan of Trump" Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"

Everyone believed (jokingly) Cons would look after posh boys from the leafy Shires with their portfolio's big cars & overbites..... and labour would look after one legged, single parent, Lesbian black women... turns out everyone was wrong! Labour lost their mythical Red Wall, Alienated the left,

and as we all pointed out...... That funding was NEVER going to be matched by Westminster....... right down to CAP / ELMS

The EU distributing our money to level up poorer areas followed by brexit and no equivalent UK funding being provided.

Something you REALLY need to understand...... In Europe, when EU helps fund projects you see blue plaques, EU flags, Big boards talking about EU co-operation..... Not so much in the UK...... Westminster (ALL party's) spent 50 years telling people UK good, EU bad..... The areas who got EU funding....

“On the other hand, she does have a white face. So let’s not be too hasty.”

Race to the bottom. UK banks push for easing of capital adequacy rules. They want deregulation and lower capital requirements to compete with shadow banks which are unregulated. This will end in tears. Public purse will bear the cost. All avoidable. Will any govt resist the City? archive.ph/t2poX

When it was a true broadcaster of the people I was happy to pay the licence fee. Now it is merely a propaganda machine for right leaning elites, it is worthy of little more than scorn and derision. If it ever gets back to being a service for the country it might just survive.

Online violence against women, for want of a better word, is being perpetrated by fascists, Nazis, religious fundamentalists and incels. It will destroy the quality of our government and democracy., which depends on getting pluralist voices into decision-making. 1

The policing of the poppy. It's not only now a requirement to wear a poppy, nor only a requirement not to replace it with a pacifist's white poppy, you mustn't wear the white poppy at all, not even with a red one ... A tragic cultural appropriation of the least appropriate symbol, IMO.

If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....

An amazing convo between two genuine giants of progressive politics in an age where regression and cowardice (like our politics in the UK) is the trend. It's promising that THIS is emanating from a country embedded in nazi style far-right mantra right now. HOPE! 🤞 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe1V...